unearthly

[ uhn-urth-lee ]
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adjective
  1. seeming not to belong to this earth or world: unearthly beauty.

  2. supernatural; ghostly; unnaturally strange; weird: an unearthly scream.

  1. out of the ordinary; unreasonable or absurd: to get up at an unearthly hour.

Origin of unearthly

1
First recorded in 1605–15; un-1 + earthly

synonym study For unearthly

2. See weird.

Other words for unearthly

Other words from unearthly

  • un·earth·li·ness, noun

Words Nearby unearthly

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How to use unearthly in a sentence

  • He would go alone if he must; no barricade of unearthly beasts could hold him from the great adventure.

  • That unearthly silence still brooded over the great river and lonely forest.

    Menotah | Ernest G. Henham

British Dictionary definitions for unearthly

unearthly

/ (ʌnˈɜːθlɪ) /


adjective
  1. ghostly; eerie; weird: unearthly screams

  2. heavenly; sublime: unearthly music

  1. ridiculous or unreasonable (esp in the phrase unearthly hour)

Derived forms of unearthly

  • unearthliness, noun

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